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AP EXPLAINS: Japan's long wait to address US Congresshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3444870-ap-explains-japans-long-wait-to-address-us-congress.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington honors America's closest friends by inviting their leaders to address a joint meeting of Congress. But until Thursday, when House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner invited Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, no Japanese leaders had been invited. That's striking considering the tight U.S.-Japan alliance in the 70 years since World War II ended. Briti...Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3444870-ap-explains-japans-long-wait-to-address-us-congress.html2015-03-28T00:07:00ZGOP celebrates good week on Hill, but sees challenges aheadhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3444374-gop-celebrates-good-week-hill-sees-challenges-ahead.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are looking like they've finally figured out how to govern.
The GOP's first months in control of both chambers of Congress were marked by high-profile stumbles and a near-shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. But this week, the party celebrated important successes.
Republicans in both the House and...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3444374-gop-celebrates-good-week-hill-sees-challenges-ahead.html2015-03-27T20:16:00ZSenate OKs Republican balanced-budget plan, following Househttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3443056-senate-oks-republican-balanced-budget-plan-house.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama over the GOP's goals of slicing spending and dismantling his health care law.
Working into Friday's pre-dawn hours, senators approved the blueprint by a near party-line 52-46 vote, endorsing a mea...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:01:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3443056-senate-oks-republican-balanced-budget-plan-house.html2015-03-27T15:01:00ZPelosi irks some allies over bipartisan bill with Boehnerhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3443044-pelosi-irks-allies-bipartisan-bill-with-boehner.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi bruised some longtime liberal allies when she worked with Speaker John Boehner to craft a rare bipartisan accord on Medicare. But lawmakers say it will enhance her stature as a dealmaker, and may help her party avoid being sidelined by majority Republicans over the next two years.
Pelosi and her fello...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3443044-pelosi-irks-allies-bipartisan-bill-with-boehner.html2015-03-27T12:41:00ZSenate pushes conservative budget toward approvalhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3440726-senate-pushes-conservative-budget-toward-approval.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a balanced-budget blueprint toward post-midnight Senate approval early Friday, laying down conservative markers for a likely veto struggle with President Barack Obama over their plans to end deficits, cut trillions in spending and repeal the health care law.
Approval of the non-binding budget was a certainty, not long ...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:19:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3440726-senate-pushes-conservative-budget-toward-approval.html2015-03-27T04:19:00ZHouse OKs bipartisan Medicare doctor bill; fate up to Senatehttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3440716-house-oks-bipartisan-medicare-doctor-bill-fate-up-to-senate.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — In uncommon bipartisan harmony, the House approved a $214 billion bill on Thursday permanently blocking physician Medicare cuts, moving Congress closer to resolving a problem that has plagued it for years.
The lopsided 392-37 vote shifted pressure onto the Senate, where its prospects have brightened as Democrats have muffled their critic...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:18:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3440716-house-oks-bipartisan-medicare-doctor-bill-fate-up-to-senate.html2015-03-26T21:18:00ZHouse speaker invites Japanese leader to address Congresshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3441652-house-speaker-invites-japanese-leader-to-address-congress.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is inviting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (SHEEN-zoh AH-bay) to address a joint meeting of Congress next month.
The Ohio Republican announced Thursday that Abe — who will be the first Japanese leader to address Congress — is scheduled to speak on April 29. He says the speech will give Americans ...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3441652-house-speaker-invites-japanese-leader-to-address-congress.html2015-03-26T17:16:00ZLawmakers introduce bill to better aid Kurds fighting IShttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3441296-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-better-aid-kurds-fighting.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are introducing legislation to permit U.S. arms to be sent directly to the Kurds fighting against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
Republican Chairman Rep. Ed Royce of California and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the panel's top Democrat, said Thursday that regional forces that are bei...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:28:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3441296-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-better-aid-kurds-fighting.html2015-03-26T14:28:00ZGOP-controlled House passes budget to erase deficitshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3439626-gop-controlled-house-passes-budget-to-erase-deficits.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Normally quarrelsome House Republicans came together Wednesday night and passed a boldly conservative budget that relies on nearly $5 trillion in cuts to eliminate deficits over the next decade, calls for repealing the health care law and envisions transformations of the tax code and Medicare.
Final passage, 228-199, came shortly after R...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:05:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3439626-gop-controlled-house-passes-budget-to-erase-deficits.html2015-03-26T00:05:00ZObama ready to sign bill revamping Medicare doctor feeshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3439506-obama-ready-to-sign-bill-revamping-medicare-doctor-fees.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's ready to sign "good, bipartisan" legislation protecting physicians from steep cuts in Medicare reimbursements and bolstering health programs for children and the poor as Senate Democrats seemed to soften their opposition to the package.
Obama's remark, made a day before the House is expected to ...Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:18:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3439506-obama-ready-to-sign-bill-revamping-medicare-doctor-fees.html2015-03-25T21:18:00ZHere's the pitch: House Whip Scalise can play hardballhttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3438174-heres-pitch-house-whip-scalise-play-hardball.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Are you a Republican House member who can't decide whether to vote "aye" or "nay" on controversial legislation? Please step through this door between sculptures in Statuary Hall and into a quiet, curved parlor you may never have noticed. Have a seat by the fireplace — on the left-hand side — where Abraham Lincoln is said to have warmed himself on chilly nig...Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3438174-heres-pitch-house-whip-scalise-play-hardball.html2015-03-25T17:20:00ZGOP moves ahead on budget plans; eyes Obamacare repeal billhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3437474-gop-moves-ahead-budget-plans-eyes-obamacare-repeal-bill.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republicans steamed ahead Tuesday toward likely approval of balanced budget outlines, essential early steps along a path to send President Barack Obama legislation to wipe out his five-year-old health care law and eliminate deficits within a decade.
Obama is all but certain to veto the follow-up legislation if and when i...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:42:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3437474-gop-moves-ahead-budget-plans-eyes-obamacare-repeal-bill.html2015-03-24T22:42:00ZAP Exclusive: GOP hits Medicaid to offset doc fee hikeshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3435682-ap-exclusive-gop-hits-medicaid-to-offset-doc-fee-hikes.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans quietly deepened recommended budget savings from the government's chief health care program for the poor by about $140 billion in recent weeks to offset part of the cost of higher payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients, according to officials familiar with the tradeoff.
The maneuver comes as Republicans in both...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:06:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3435682-ap-exclusive-gop-hits-medicaid-to-offset-doc-fee-hikes.html2015-03-24T15:06:00ZNew pro-trade board will sharpen Dems' divide on the issuehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3435686-pro-trade-board-will-sharpen-dems-divide-issue.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's allies are recruiting high-profile Democrats to help combat liberal resistance to his bid for new trade agreements in Asia and elsewhere.
The effort will sharpen differences between the Democratic Party's liberal and pro-business wings, especially in New England. And it could accelerate the effort to woo black la...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:43:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3435686-pro-trade-board-will-sharpen-dems-divide-issue.html2015-03-24T14:43:00ZHouse passes resolution urging Obama to send arms to Ukrainehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3435242-house-passes-resolution-urging-obama-to-send-arms-to-ukraine.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine to protect its sovereignty in its fight against Russian-backed rebels.
The resolution was approved Monday by a vote of 348 to 48. There is bipartisan support in Congress to provide the arms to Ukrainian fo...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:35:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3435242-house-passes-resolution-urging-obama-to-send-arms-to-ukraine.html2015-03-24T02:35:00ZHouse Democrats unveil budget matching Obama's tax increaseshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3434550-house-democrats-unveil-budget-matching-obamas-tax-increases.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats Monday unveiled a $3.7 trillion budget plan for next year that mirrors President Barack Obama's call for $1.8 trillion in tax increases on wealthier people and corporations over the coming decade. But it would add almost $6 trillion to the national debt over that time.
The plan by Maryland Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen...Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:08:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3434550-house-democrats-unveil-budget-matching-obamas-tax-increases.html2015-03-23T20:08:00ZEx-Wisconsin Rep. Kastenmeier, early Vietnam critic, dieshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3430020-ex-wisconsin-rep-kastenmeier-early-vietnam-critic-dies.html
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bob Kastenmeier, a liberal Democrat from Wisconsin whose 32 years in Congress were marked by his early and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War, died Friday. He was 91.
Kastenmeier, a World War II veteran who represented the liberal Madison area starting in 1959, had been suffering from heart problems and died at his home in Arlingto...Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:30:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3430020-ex-wisconsin-rep-kastenmeier-early-vietnam-critic-dies.html2015-03-20T22:30:00ZATF's first Senate-confirmed director resignshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3428986-atfs-senate-confirmed-director-resigns.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first Senate-confirmed director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leaving the post after less than two years, the agency announced Friday.
B. Todd Jones' resignation is effective March 31. After that, Deputy Director Thomas Brandon will become acting director. "I will truly miss leading and working side-b...Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:39:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3428986-atfs-senate-confirmed-director-resigns.html2015-03-20T20:39:00ZBudget spat leaves House GOP leaders facing new discordhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3428096-budget-spat-leaves-house-gop-leaders-facing-discord.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether the issue is immigration or federal budgets, Republicans keep learning a bitter lesson: Their sizable and near-historic congressional majority doesn't necessarily mean they can govern.
House Republican leaders confronted that truth again this week when fiscal conservatives unexpectedly blocked a leadership plan for the new federa...Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:47:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3428096-budget-spat-leaves-house-gop-leaders-facing-discord.html2015-03-20T14:47:00ZHouse Medicare deal hits Senate turbulence over abortionhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3427224-house-medicare-deal-hits-senate-turbulence-abortion.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging bipartisan House deal changing how Medicare reimburses doctors ran into turbulence in the Senate Thursday over abortion, spotlighting a rare public disagreement between Congress' two top Democrats.
Some Democratic senators — including Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. — expressed concern that the tentative House agreement wo...Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:49:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3427224-house-medicare-deal-hits-senate-turbulence-abortion.html2015-03-20T00:49:00ZHouse, Senate panels adopt balanced-budget planshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3425532-house-senate-panels-adopt-balanced-budget-plans.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress advanced balanced-budget plans bristling with cuts in Medicaid and other benefit programs Thursday, determined to make a down payment on last fall's campaign promise to erase deficits by the end of the decade.
Last-minute maneuvering to match Pentagon spending levels requested by President Barack Obama consumed GO...Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3425532-house-senate-panels-adopt-balanced-budget-plans.html2015-03-19T21:26:00ZCongress sends Obama bill to kill a labor board rulehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3426422-congress-sends-obama-bill-to-kill-labor-board-rule.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Congress has sent the White House a bill repealing a National Labor Relations Board rule intended to streamline union elections, defying a threat by President Barack Obama to veto the measure.
The House voted, 232-186, Thursday to block the new rule, which would reduce the time between a union's request for repr...Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:14:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3426422-congress-sends-obama-bill-to-kill-labor-board-rule.html2015-03-19T17:14:00ZHouse speaker backs IL congressman's resignationhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3426384-house-speaker-backs-il-congressmans-resignation.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says he supports congressman Aaron Schock's abrupt decision to resign this week.
Schock is a 33-year-old Illinois Republican who announced his resignation amid scrutiny of lavish spending and payments to donors for flights on private jets. Boehner told reporters Thursday he was stunned by the announcement. But ...Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3426384-house-speaker-backs-il-congressmans-resignation.html2015-03-19T16:07:00ZGOP defense hawks, fiscal conservatives battle over budgethttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3422900-gop-defense-hawks-fiscal-conservatives-battle-budget.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — A battle between GOP defense hawks and fiscal conservatives prompted the GOP chairman of the House Budget Committee late Wednesday to delay a vote on his party's budget blueprint.
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., called off a vote on a move by GOP leaders to loosen restrictions on using war funding to skirt tight limits on the Pentagon budget. Tha...Thu, 19 Mar 2015 05:06:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3422900-gop-defense-hawks-fiscal-conservatives-battle-budget.html2015-03-19T05:06:00ZObama slams Republican spending as hurtful to middle classhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3423000-obama-slams-republican-spending-hurtful-to-middle-class.html
CLEVELAND (AP) — Taking credit for a revved-up economy, an emboldened President Barack Obama on Wednesday criticized the House Republicans' spending plan as one that offers a "path to prosperity for those who've already prospered" and no path to help hard-working, middle-class people get ahead.
A day after the House GOP unveiled its $3.8 trillion spending...Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:13:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3423000-obama-slams-republican-spending-hurtful-to-middle-class.html2015-03-18T21:13:00ZSudden fall: Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock is resigninghttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3421770-sudden-fall-illinois-rep-aaron-schock-resigning.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock abruptly resigned Tuesday following a monthlong cascade of revelations about his business deals and lavish spending on everything from overseas travel to office decor in the style of "Downton Abbey."
"I do this with a heavy heart," Schock said in a statement. He said he had given the people of his Peoria-area d...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 23:09:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3421770-sudden-fall-illinois-rep-aaron-schock-resigning.html2015-03-17T23:09:00ZPelosi embraces tough questions about Obama's trade agendahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3422086-pelosi-embraces-tough-questions-obamas-trade-agenda.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's bid for a new trade deal didn't get easier Tuesday when the House's top Democrat said her caucus embraces a dozen demands that may be tough to meet.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has always walked a careful line on trade. She is close to many liberals who strongly oppose new trade pacts. But she often talk...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:05:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3422086-pelosi-embraces-tough-questions-obamas-trade-agenda.html2015-03-17T22:05:00ZGOP says Obama aides meddled in 'net neutrality'http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3420530-gop-obama-aides-meddled-net-neutrality.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday accused the Federal Communications Commission of bowing to White House pressure on its "net neutrality" decision, which has angered the nation's cable and wireless giants. They said the agency's inspector general has opened an investigation into whether the FCC had violated any rules.
Samples of 1,600...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:30:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3420530-gop-obama-aides-meddled-net-neutrality.html2015-03-17T21:30:00ZFederal debt limit comes back into force at $18.1 trillionhttp://www.mail.com/business/finance/3421942-federal-debt-limit-force-181-trillion.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year with no cap on government borrowing, the federal debt limit has come back into force.
The new limit — $18.133 trillion to be exact — was announced by the Treasury Department on Tuesday. Treasury said the government's total borrowing stands $25 million below the new limit. Even before the debt limit went back into effect, Tre...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/finance/3421942-federal-debt-limit-force-181-trillion.html2015-03-17T21:26:00ZGOP offers $3.8T budget that boosts defense, cuts elsewherehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3420502-gop-offers-38t-budget-that-boosts-defense-cuts.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a boldly conservative 10-year budget plan on Tuesday that would favor the Pentagon, partially privatize Medicare and rely on deep cuts in other social programs to help wipe out deficits at the end of a decade.
A little more than four months after winning their largest majority in 70 years, Republicans promised ...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3420502-gop-offers-38t-budget-that-boosts-defense-cuts.html2015-03-17T20:20:00Z